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Post by Felix on Aug 23, 2017 12:55:38 GMT -8
This is the company that makes all the cool bomber jackets since the 50's for the military...came across this by chance, they have an exclusive 12" Duke...back of his jacket has the art from one of the Duke's from the 90's printed on it...I seem to remember the art for a carry case. Anyway, the really weird thing is his face is just a mask for a Terminator endoskeleton type of head...seriously, WTF? It's official, Duke is dead, now he's the Terminator. Don't believe me? LINK to Terminator Duke You can also get the jacket for yourself G.I. JOE Duke Jacket |
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Post by Bravo on Aug 23, 2017 20:01:13 GMT -8
This made the Joe website rounds a few months back. I didn't get it and still don't. Who is paying $230 for that?
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Post by Felix on Aug 24, 2017 13:02:27 GMT -8
The funny thing about it is the real jacket is $30 less than the toy. I don't understand cyborg Duke unless they are taking the theoretical approach that Duke died and this is the synthoid cyber Duke.
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Post by Johnny Turk on Aug 24, 2017 16:04:20 GMT -8
Well, I always knew that Duke was a Nazi, this just seals the deal!
I'm not sure if skinheads still wear bombers, but that's the stereotype I'm sticking with!
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Post by Bravo on Aug 24, 2017 16:39:25 GMT -8
The 1992 mini-catalog cover is just what everyone wants on a jacket.
Again, bizarre choices all around.
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Post by Felix on Aug 24, 2017 18:44:03 GMT -8
We still wear bombers Johnny Turk :-)
Don't get me wrong though, I'm a Sharp Skin (anti-racist).
The plus side, the mini catalog is on the reverse-able interior. You can keep your G.I. JOE art hidden. One of their standard army green bombers would have been a better choice, with a simple G.I. JOE patch where a name tag would go. Also if they had to do art, they should have gone with 1982 card art Grunt.
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Post by Johnny Turk on Aug 26, 2017 17:25:48 GMT -8
Yeah, I actually wear a green alpha, myself! Neither a S.H.A.R.P. or a skin. More of a fairly dodgy punk rocker, though I do have at least one questionable Agnostic Front t-shirt.
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Post by Felix on Aug 27, 2017 2:43:20 GMT -8
I bet we have the same T-shirt :-)
I have two Skinhead Sharp buddies I've known since I was a teen. They are almost like identical twins. They shared a room for a while, each closet was practically the same. They are also both big fans of Boba Fett, they don't collect any other toys, just Boba Fett stuff. I always thought they should get bomber jackets and put patches on them to make them look Fettish, lol :-)
Since the black bomber jackets have orange reverse-able lining, I've thought about putting an imperial patch on the the shoulder on the black side, and a rebel patch on the orange side to have a Tie-Pilot/Rebel Pilot look...strange I haven't done this. I have a black jacket and the patches...I've just never worn any toy or movie stuff on clothes before though...I don't want to feel like an advertisement.
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